Walking-stick umbrella.



I. M. HOPPENSTAND.

WALKING STICK UMBRELLA.

' APPLICATION TILED SEPTJ, 1909. RENEWED JULY 11, 1911.

Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

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HOPPENSTAND.

WALKING STICK UMBRELLA. APPLICATION FILED SEPTHL 1909., RENEWED JULY 11, 1911.

1,000,911 Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

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IGEK MAJER HOPPENS'IAND, OE WARSAW, RUSSIA.

WALKING-STICK UMBRELLA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1 911.

Application filed September 7, 1909, Serial No. 516,376. Renewed July 11, 1911. Serial No. 638,019.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ICEK MAJER-HOPPEN- STAND, factory owner, residing at Zelazna street 39, WVar-saw, in Poland, Russia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Walking-Stick Umbrellas; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a combined walking stick and umbrella, and has for its primary object to provide a device that may be alternately converted from a Walking stick to an umbrella and vice versa.

Another object of the invention is to provide an umbrella that may, without the use of tools, be disunited in such a manner that the shaft or stick may be simultaneously used as a walking stick and as a receptacle for the ribs of the umbrella.

I attain the foregoing objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views, and in which,-

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the stick; Fig. 2 is a fragmental detail of the upper part of the stick in connection with the notch ring; Fig. 3 is a plan View of the notch ring; Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the tube 24 and rib 20 on line 4.& of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a fragmental detail showing the notch ring in connection with the dome piece; Fig. 6 is a fragmental detail of the lower part of the stick in connection with the runner; Fig. 7 is a perspective detail view showing the manner of connecting the ribs with the spreader rods; Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the stick; Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the umbrella with a portion of the cover and several ribs removed; and Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic horizontal section of the hollow stick and the ribs placed therein.

Referring to the drawings; 15 is a stick which has a hollow space 16, into which is firmly fixed a metallic tube 17, an end of which projects beyond one end of the stick and has a ferrule 18 secured thereto, preferably by a screw threaded connection. A runner 25 is slidably placed upon the stick in the manner usual in umbrella construction, and a notch ring 23, which is preferably secured to a dome piece 28, in any suitable manner, and embracing the middle part of the cover therebetween is secured to the stick 15, in the manner illustrated by Fig. 5. In this figure, the dome piece is shown fragmentally for the purpose of showing the construction of the latch 30, which carries a pin 31, which extends through an aperture in the dome piece and engages an incision 19, in the stick, for securing the dome piece to the stick.

Secured to the notch ring, in a manner usual to the art, is a number of rod connections, comprising tubes 24, and into the interior of each tube 24 is inserted an end of a rod 20, the other end of each rod being free. Intermediate of the free end and the inserted end is a slot 37, for engagement of a pin 36, which is integral with a spreader rod 21. Near the lower end of this rod 21, is a perforation 38, engaged by a lateral protrusion and the connecting pins 27. This pin fits within a U shaped groove of the rod 21 and is held therein by said protrusion and by a tube 39, which is adapted to be slid from the position shown in Fig. 6, to the right, to that shown in same figure to the left.

When the foregoing parts are completelyand properly assembled, the structure comprises an umbrella, presenting a very similar appearance to an umbrella of ordinary type, as shown in Fig. 9; but when it is desired to convert the same into a cane, the sleeves 39 are slid down and the spreader rods disengaged from the pins 27 and by a quarter turn of each spreader rod, its pin 36 is disengaged from the slot in the ribs. The ribs are then withdrawn from the members 24 and placed within the stick as shown in Fig. 10; the ferrule 18 having first been removed. The latch 30, which is normally held down by the spring 33, is raised by the fingers, and the pin 31 is disengaged from the incision 19; whereupon the notch ring, dome piece, runner and cover are removed and may be carried in apocket or convenient case, while the stick presents the appearance shown in Fig. 8. To facilitate the operation of attaching the notch ring and dome piece to the stick, a suitable form of index may be employed, such for instance as an arrow 34 adapted to register with the dot 35, so positioned that when in registration, the pin 81 is in registration with the incision in the stick.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a combination Walking stick and umbrella, a stick having therein a hollow space, a tube firmly fixed in said hollow space, the tube having screw threads projecting beyond the end of thewalking stick, a ferrule screwed on said tube whereby the end is closed, a notch ring carrying a plurality of tubes, rods having one end inserted into the tubes, said rods being provided with slots, spreader rods having pins in one end thereof engaging said slots, a runner slidable on the walking stick, said runner carrying pins for connecting with the other end of the spreader rods, and a tube slidable over the last mentioned pins.

2. In a combination walking stick and umbrella, the walking stick provided with an incision near its end, a notch ring having a latch engaging the incision for holding the ring on the stick, said walking stick having therein a hollow space, a tube firmly fixed in said hollow space, the tube having screw threads projecting beyond the end of the walking stick, a ferrule secured on said tube whereby the end is closed, a notch ring on the stick, the notch ring carrying a plurality of tubes, rods having one end inserted in the tubes, said rods being provided with slots, spreader rods having pins in one end there of engaging said slots, a runner slidable on the walking stick, said runner carrying pins for connecting with the other end of the spreader rods, tubes slidable over the last named pins, a dome-piece secured to the notch ring, the dome-piece carrying a spring pressed latch having a pin, the pin passing through an aperture in the notch ring and registering with the incision in the walking stick, whereby the domepiece and the notch ring are fastened to the walking stick.

3. In a combined walking stick and umbrella, the walking stick having therein'a hollow space, a tube firmly fixed in said hollow space, the tube having screw threads projecting beyond the end of the walking stick, a ferrule screwed on said tube whereby the end is closed, a notch ring carrying a plurality of tubes, rods having one end inserted'into the tubes, said rods being provided with slots, spreader rods having pins in one end thereof received by said slots, a runner slidable on the walking stick, said runner carrying pins for connecting the other end of the spreader rods, a tube slidable over the last named pins, a piece carrying a spring pressed latch having a pin, the pin passing through an aperture in the notch ring and registering with an incision in the walking stick whereby the piece and the notch ring are fastened to the walking stick, said piece provided with an index.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ICEK MAJ ER HOPPENSTAND.

Witnesses:

STANISLAW POSKOCZYEN, CYRIL FREDERICKS.

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